According to Luca de Meo, who is a Board Member for Sales and Marketing, “We want to inspire others to partner with the project.” This technology from Audi will range from quattro all-wheel drive as well as lightweight construction, leading to electric mobility and piloted driving. Luca de Meo continued, “The concept of a privately financed mission to the moon is fascinating. And innovative ideas need supporters that promote them. We want to send a signal with our involvement with the Part-Time Scientists and also motivate other partners to contribute their know-how.”
There is only one German team that is competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, and what they have been working on ought to be launched into space in a couple of years’ time, where it will remain on board a launching rocket before taking a 380,000 kilometer trip to the moon – approximately five days in total, with hopes of making it north of the moon’s equator. [Press Release]